I saw the benefit of it in 2018. The reason that we got so damn close to Ted Cruz in that election, The reason that 12 state House Democratic challengers defeated 12 state House incumbent Republicans [in 2018] is because they were out there working in 2017. his race for Congress, which was an impossible race, more impossible than yours right now, is because they were out there working in 2017, making sure that they were ready when the wind hit our back in 2018. (58:45–59:04)
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